Martha Harris closed down a stinging effort from Claire Emslie inside the area to prevent City extending their lead but shortly afterwards on 55 minutes, Parris was brought down in the box and Issy Christiansen hit the penalty into the roof of the net.

Nikita Parris said: “It was always going to be a tough game and that’s why the early goal for us was such a positive because we knew Liverpool were going to sit deep and try and frustrate us.

“They sat on their 18-yard line and we had to break them down but we had that persistence to grind them down. We got a bit of luck and I’d be totally lying if I said I meant the first goal but I’ll take any goal as it comes.”

Liverpool manager Scott Rogers said: “The game plan was out of the window after 60 seconds against a team that hasn’t lost in the league here for three years.

“We tried to frustrate them and limited opportunities and I felt we did that in the first half but we’re still going in at half-time 1-0 down from an error that wasn’t part of the plan.”

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